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Great work! Looking forward to returning to the Mai Kai first time in 6 years this fall. All the drink recipes I've tried at home so far have been winners. Tempted to try the top ten drinks I haven't had yet, as I've never strayed from the "strong" part of the menu.

Shark Bite, is my favorite, but I have yet to experience one I don't like.

So far I have had:
Hukilau
Shark Bite
SOS
Jet Pilot
Hidden Pearl
Cobra Kiss
151 Swizzle (With Lemon Hart!)
_________________Some of my favorite memories from Childhood are from times I went to the Mai-Kai. I have been a tiki person ever since then.

The Jet Pilot, Mystery Bowl & Black Magic stick out in my mind from my left visit, but I was pretty buzzed by the time that I left. I'm going back tomorrow night and I'm going tpo work my way through as many of them as possible!

Jet Pilot.......I was at the Mai Kai tonight and had a Jet Pilot and a Zombie. The Jet Pilot was great, but I hate to say I was disappointed in the Zombie. The grapefruit juice was overpowering and not similar to the amount that would be in a Don's mix at all. Don't get me wrong I love the Mai Kai, but I will stick with Jet Pilots for now. It could have just been an off night, but I have had many Zombies there and this one I didn't even finish. Looking forward to the Hukilau....

The wife and I had a chance to try a fair number of Mai-Kai cocktails that we had not yet gotten around to at this yearís Hukilau. For me the standout among those was the K.O. Cooler. Iíve had my fair share of homespun Q.B. Coolers but itís not a cocktail that ever gets into heavy home rotation. Mai-Kais version was stellar, and probably near the top of my favorite list. The Zula was another one we hadnít had yet that I thought was really good and knocked the Shark Bite out of the Top 10. All three of Sundayís Lost Cocktails were quite excellent as well.

My Top 10 Mai-Kai list thus far (still probably only 75% through the menu) probably stacks up something like this:

That's really cool to know that, Jim. I do believe I had all of the most popular drinks at some point.

On Saturday night, I took some friends of ours on a journey of cocktails from the Mai Kai, with a little help from The Atomic Grog Blog.

First, all of the syrups and liqueurs that I had to make for the drinks:

Our first drink of the night was Planter's Punch:

I'm a fan of the Special Planters Punch myself, so I snuck in some premium rums. It was delicious.

Second drink was the Mara-Amu. Served in the approrpiate glassware for my friends, and in Eekum Bookum mugs that we got at Hukilau:

Our third drink was the Hidden Pearl (tribute recipe). I didn't have the time, or wherewithal to do a proper ice shell, so this one's a shot in the blender.

And our last drink of the night, served in appropriate vessels, was The Black Magic. The womenfolk were too boozy at that point to take more than a sip of this, which meant that we had to finish their drink. About half way through my second black magic (which was actually my 6th drink of the night) I started to see double. I knew it was time to go to bed at that point. They're served in wonderful Hukilau snifters. (Thanks for bringing them back!)